Earlier last year, slightly over two weeks ago to be exact, I reported the announcement that Champions Online would be joining the unlimited beta group, releasing the tutorial for free forever. Players have the opportunity to play through the first fifteen levels, fight off the Qulaar invasion, and apparently making me look like a bribed spokesperson, or possibly a fanboy:
“At least with Champions Online, you’re not seeing the best the game has to offer, suckering you into buying the title, followed by immediate disappointment when you realize that you just bought a house based on the mailbox and the garage door, to find the rest of the building had been burned down in a fire.”
-Omali, MMO Fallout, on Champions Online
My apologies to Age of Conan and Warhammer Online fans, and my condolences to the families of the keyboards you broke in the process of writing me hatemail.
But there are more important things afoot! The MMO Fallout super sleuths (myself stalking dev posts on various forums) were able to come up with this quote by Cryptic Studios’ Daeke, showing that the company is giving strong consideration to opening up more of the game for the unlimited demo’ers to play.
That quote, of course, after the break.
Hey guys!
We’ve been taking all the feedback of the Champions Demo into consideration, and are currently putting together plans for improving it. I can’t talk about most of the stuff we’re looking at, but we are strongly considering opening the demo up to include the CAN/DES crisis zones. As you’ve all said, the Crisis zones are some of the most fun parts of the game, and opening it up would allow players to also purchase new powers and explore various builds. I don’t have a timeframe for this yet, but I did want to let you know that we’re definitely taking everyone’s feedback into account.
Thanks!
Daeke
Crisis zones? Free to play? Forever? What’s next, Blizzard making the first ten levels free when Cataclysm launches this year? Actually, I’ve said too much. How do I turn this microphone off?
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